CumulusX! has been
fixed and you can download CumulusX!
v1.9.1.2 atPeter
(Funky) Lürkens site at http://luerkens.homepage.t-online.de/peter/. Thishotfix can be
downloaded in 2 ways, you can either download the full
version, orif
you have CumulusX! v1.9.1
already, you can download the new EXE instead.

Also,
coming soon, I will be adding a new FSX
multiplayer download byJoachim
Czarny. The Addon will allow the ability
to tow a fellow multiplayer,so get your towplane
buddies ready, this could be the addon they have beenwaiting for.

Well, there you
have it! THANKS for dropping in!

23rd February 2015
- by Scott (sf4JC)

CumulusX! has been
updated recently, you can download CumulusX!
v1.9.1 atPeter
(Funky) Lürkens site at http://luerkens.homepage.t-online.de/peter/, but be awarethat at the
moment it is being patched to
get an unforeseen bug out of it. So be patient, and the newer patch will come
shortly. Meanwhile, head on over to the forum where Ihave asked him a few
questions concerning the future of CumulusX!.
You can followthat
conversation HERE
if you have time and are interested.

Whelp, that's
all for now. THANKS for dropping in!

9th February 2015
- by Scott (sf4JC)

WOW!
Believe it or not, I was finally able to get our Wolfgang
aircraft section up to date, evenadded
his new section "JET Gliders" for the jet assisted gliders
he has made available. The lastsix months has
seen 5 updates to aircraft and 6
NEW aircraft added. The 6 new aircraft were...

-Mü-13
D 'Atalante' - - Mü-13
D II - - Mü-13 D III -- DG-600-17
- - ASW 22 BL
- - ASW 22 BL-J - On another note from a week ago,
Ray Girdler has come here before with his gliders thatI overlooked. He has done the SGS 1-26
A & C models for FS2004, and I have not lookedback
any further in time to see what else he may have done
for the virtual soaring
community. So a BIG THANKS goes out to
Ray.

That's all for
now, THANKS for dropping in!

3rd February 2015
- by Scott (sf4JC)

Have
you ever wanted to fly the Schweizer 1-26E aircraft in
FSX? Well now you can, brought toyou
by Ray Girdler, who is not only a sim pilot, but also flies
the 1-26E in real life. Ray has beenmodeling since
Microsoft Flight Simulator
5. He is currently working on the SGS 1-26 A and B models, and says he may even follow
up by making the 1-36 or the 1-35. In real life, Ray is
anoperations officer and glider orientation
pilot with the Civil Air Patrol. You can find
hisSGS
1-26E in the FSX aircraft downloads page here at SOAR.

WOW!
A blast from the past, it was used as one of SOAR's Intro
pages, aired in Augustor
September of 2005!The Flash intro was
originally created by Chris Gordan,who I
believe was the Acting Director of SOAR at the
time. Which reminds me, Ishould probably study up on the
history of SOAR, since this is the 15th
year theorganization has been around. So
another WOW!!
15 years of providing
downloads,
information, and help to the virtual gliding
community.

17th September 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

I
believe I may be done with the updates now, with one or two
corrections to make thatIknow of. But for the most
part, it is finished. I will be taking a
few days off from thisand
then start back in on adding the 4 gliders to his collection
here. Again, go toWolfgang's
to pick them up for now. The SOAR Ranch is still up in
the air at the moment,as the avenue I was trying didn't pan out. But don't fear, I have a few more
ideason getting in
touch with him.

THANKS for
dropping in!

15th September 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

Well,
it's the middle of September and have one more section to go
by the end of the weekpossibly,
and after that I will need to add 4 gliders to his
collection. For now, go toWolfgang's site to pick them up,
it's the Mu 13 D 'Atalante', Mu 13 D II & III, and theGlaser-DirksDG-600-17. Still no word on an
updated SOAR Ranch yet, but will tryanother
avenue on getting in touch with the latest version creator.

That's all for
now, and as always, THANKS for dropping in!

27th August 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

My work on SOAR'sWolfgang
Piperaircraft
section has been cut short this month, so Iwill probably get done
with the last three sections by the middle of September,
hopefully. It'sactually looking pretty good so
far. Still waiting to hear back from Dave Morris
(Orange)on possibly upgrading his SOAR
Ranch version, and also on whether or not it will beadvantageous to pursue a FS2004
version that would look as close as possible to FSX.

That's all for
now, THANKS for dropping in!

16th August 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

I've been working hard on SOAR'sWolfgang
Piperaircraft
section and have gotten thefirst two sections COMPLETE, and
now, three more to go before the end of the month. Ithas a whole new feel to it, so
check it out when you have a chance. You can place
commentsin the forums if you like, I
still have not asked for my official SOAR email yet.

The SOAR Ranch
has been weighing on my mind lately, so I intend to try and
get a holdof
Orange (author of the newest FSX version) and maybe have it
released here also. I still
have my reservations for part of it, but maybe something can
be worked out. Also on
the agenda will be talk of a new FS2004 version, so both
FS2004 and FSX pilots can
enjoy somewhat of the same scenery at the same time.
Wouldn't that be GREAT!

Again, Thanks
for your patience with the site update, and, THANKS for
dropping in!

29th July 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

I've begun working on SOAR'sWolfgang Piperaircraft section and have decided to
keepthe section open for now.
You will find either one of the following graphics if the
aircraftis being updated.
Meanwhile, you can still download the old file, but keep in
mindyou will need to re-download it later to get the
updated one.

Again, you can download the old file, but please
come back to get the updated one.Or, you can go to Wolfgang Piper's site to download the updated
aircraft. Thanks

We thank you for
your patience and again, THANKS for dropping in!

24th July 2014
- by Scott (sf4JC)

I will soon be giving SOAR'sWolfgang Piperaircraft section an overhaul and updateto reflect his changes hopefully before the end of August, or
that's what I'm shooting for.

Meanwhile, you
can still download his aircraft at his site, as the ones here
are outdated now.His site is located
at http://www.fsglider.de/index.htm
. I believe I may be closing down hissection here for the time being, so no outdated
aircraft gets downloaded and used unaware.

So that's what's
going on around here for the next month possibly, THANKS for
dropping in!

15th December 2013
- by Scott (sf4JC)

Well, this year has almost come to
an end, and sadly I have not done anything with the site.In fact, I feel
like I have not had a real flight in FS2004/FSX all
year. I did get toacquire Prepar3D, but neglected to fly it much, so
overall it's been a real nonstelleryear for me.
Hopefully everyone
else had a much, much better year of flying.

So off to what I
do know at the moment.

This past year Wolfganghas
had at least 23 updates to his aircraft, and that's not all,
he has also added 6 new FSX aircraft to his bountiful
collection of gliders forMicrosoft Flight Simulators. Unlike
last year, I will most likely get SOAR'saircraft section up to date to
reflect his changes as soon as I can.

That's all for
now until I know more, or at least remember more.

Recent/Past
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12/29/12 - CumulusX!
v1.9 has been released,
so make sure that you head on over toPeter Lurkens site to download his latest
release. It now has precipitation effects and
improved compatibility with FSRECORDER, and the registered
version now has
improved cloud shadows, wing levelling at beginning of
aero-tow, and some
birds present inside thermals (3 levels to choose from, or
turn off).Wolfgang made some updates to
his website and created 2 new FSX aircraft to his
collection of glider aircraft (the ASW20 B - 15m and the
ASW19 B), and I will try to get
SOAR's aircraft section updated to reflect his changes
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07/13/12
- Finally got the site updated, so if you notice any
errors, please don't hesitate to letus
know. Still working on trying to acquire Prepar3D. I'm really not to worried about
getting
it, it's just a matter of when I believe, and that's the
hard part.

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07/02/12
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I'll try to get back on that.Meanwhile, if anyone has been interested in getting Prepar3D, I'm going to try to find out more info on it and how it may be something
we can add to the SOAR "menu".There are some eligibility issues that need some
clarification possibly, but I thinkfrom what I've read, the concerns I have may not
be that big of a issue.

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08/14/11 - I have updated
Wolfgang's aircraft, so they should be current as of today.
It must be the real life flying season, because the forums
seem like they are at a
standstill. Hope everybody is having or has had a
wonderful summer.

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07/15/11 - I haven't
updated the site for a couple months, so I'll try to get
back on that. Meanwhile,
if you haven't been to Wolfgang's site for a while, you
may want to head on over to see all his
updates. Seems as though he has been very busy the
last 2 months. Also, Max Roodveldt has
updated his CAISet gauges for FSX. He reopened his
site a while back at http://fszwever.nl/ ,
so please check it out for more of what he has been up
to lately.

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There
will be a FunFly/Contest themed around the "Qualifying GP
2010 - Switzerland"
held in August of last year. There will be two
scheduled race events for the weekend. The first
will be on the 26th at 16:20 local (Switzerland) time, and
the second will be on the 27th
at 16:20 local time. For now, go to the Forum for more
details as they are made public.

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01/07/11 - Happy
New Year to everyone! If you haven't been to the forum
for a while, you might want to keep
track of a few possible new developments with soaring in FSX.
Peter is hard at it with CumulusX!, in fact,
wave lift is almost within grasp it seems, so keep an eye out
for that before the year is over. And theCAIset gauges may just get an official upgrade for
FSX. WOW! Great things to look forward to in 2011.

And now to updates. First off, I want to let
you know I haven't been as diligent as I had first hoped in
keeping you up to date with Wolfgang's aircraft. Since
October Wolfgang has updated his ASK 21 (CAIset
versionin FSX) with the opening/closing of the front/back
canopies separately. The SZD Bocian has
been compiled
for FSX and DirecX 10 Preview. And the LS8-18
had a fix in the LNAV_polar.dat file.

And last, and certainly not least,aSpecial THANKSgoes
out to Don & Karen for keeping this site going.

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10/01/10 - For
those of you that still use FS98 or FS2000, the construction
of Wolfgang's FS98/FS2000
aircraft section is now complete! You can find it in the
Downloads - Aircraft section of the main menu.
THANKS Again to Wolfgang for letting us host all of his
aircraft!

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09/15/10 - BRING
OUT THE CONFETTI!!!The construction of
Wolfgang's FS2002/FS2004/FSX aircraft section is complete!
We will keep the aircraft
downloads updated so you can have the latest improvements.
We will also try and let you know of any improvements
either through the SOAR
Forum,
or this news area.
If anyone notices any mistakes, PLEASE feel free to let
us know. And again, if you talk to Wolfgang in the near
future, be sure to THANK him for the many years he has been
putting into the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

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08/15/10-/---\- Under Construction -/---\-
The Aircraft Downloads section is getting an addition added
onto it...Wolfgang Piper's aircraft !!!In cooperation with
him, we are helping make his aircraft more publicly accessible
and available for
download in the future. So in the coming weeks, we will see most, if not all of
his aircraft in the Downloads section.This process has taken me a while to get
started,since I am still basically getting a handle on web
design, but with lots
of help from Karen, it is going to make a great addition
to the SOAR library.
THANKS to Karen & Don for talking with Wolfgang and making
the preperations for it.

If anyone notices any mistakes, PLEASE feel free to let
us know. And if you talk to Wolfgang in the near future,
be
sure to THANK him for the many years he has been putting into
the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

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I am scheduling
a FunFly/Contest the last full weekend of April if anyone is
interested. If you are using FSX,
you will need to download and install FSHostClient. Everyone will need to have
their Flight Sim version of theSOAR Ranch and high resolution terrain mesh to really enjoy
the event. I will have a download available for those
that
want to do some practicing before the event, or just want to enjoy flying the area in
which the contest will be held.

As a treat for those of you that have been a part of SOAR
since FS2002/FS2004, we are going to run the old
Lake Circuit contest. I may have updated weather
conditions for it, but unsure at this time. More details
will
come later this week or the beginning of next week.

If anyone has upcoming
glider events in Microsoft Flight Simulator that they would
like to possibly get posted in this news area, PLEASE let us
know at this
email.

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03/25/10 - If
you haven't been to Wolfgang
Piper's site
for a while, he's got a few new updates for February
and March. If you enjoy his SF 25C motor gliders, then
you will want to download the updates. The Ka4 Rhönlerche
had the rear VC and
yawstring worked on. And last but not least, the "PolarCalc" program was
corrected.

If you ever need to now if the aircraft you have downloaded
from him have been updated, go about 3/4th of
the way down his menu to the "New Files" section, and you will
see what he has been working on.
THANKS Again Wolfgang for all the aircraft you have
created to
really make Microsoft Flight Simulator more enjoyable to SOAR
for so many years!

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03/20/10 - Check
out what I was finally able to convert! Hey! Is
that?

Well looky there,
It's theSOAR
Ranchfor
FSX!!!

I was able to
convert most of the Ranch with some very OLD & some very
NEW editing tools. I would like to
ask the SOAR community for any comments/suggestions on if
there is anything we want to update or add to the airport,
like maybe a fence surrounding the airport, or maybe even
placing the Tower View in a different area or height.

I am going to
keep in contact with the creator of the SOAR Ranch, and former
Director of SOAR, Chris Gordan,
so we can try tokeep within a reasonable view of his dream of
the Ranch so as not to deface it in any way.
So if you have any suggestions, please go to the SOAR Forums to do that. The SOAR Ranch-FSX
can be downloaded here.

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11/17/09 - Check out our new header submitted by Scott!!
Thanks once again for another
creative header!! We really appreciate your hard
work! Here is info on the header:.

**We may have an FSX
"SOAR Ranch" by February 2010 if everything goes
well. In fact, I think I may smell a Bar-B-Q
and FunFly comin.

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09/22/09 - Have added
the great Cross Country Soaring 2004
by Eric Carden as a download in our Utilites section!Several of us at
SOAR have tried unsuccessfully to contact you Eric, so we
decided to go ahead and make
the program available to the public. As you are a member of
SOAR and we had permission to host your
CCS dat files, we hope you will not mind us doing this!
We have had many requests from
FS9 pilots for your wonderful program and it does not seem to
be available anywhere else on the web!
If you want us to remove it, we will be very sad at
losing this creative, great addition to FS9,
but will abide by your wishes!

FSX
screenshot by Don Hamilton

Ridge Lift in
FSX without using CCS files

Screenshots taken in FSX
using Sim Probe & CumulusX! for ridge lift
Soaring the Ramparts in the Stemme S10